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This is a great local-history piece with names, businesses, dates and details useful to Michigan collectors and genealogical researchers.
Highlights include:
- Spicer’s Drug Store of Fowler – a Rexall drug store
- John Spicer purchased the business in 1951 from Robert Martin
- History of the Martin family’s ownership of the drug store
- John Spicer identified as a 1949 Ferris Institute graduate
- Becker Furniture Store, owned by Luke Becker
- Becker purchased the business from Vincent Goerge in 1946
- History of the Goerge family and one of Fowler’s oldest business buildings
- Furniture, floor coverings and appliance business history
- Reverse features Fowler Catholic parish history
- Rev. George J. Esper and St. Catherine’s Church mentioned
- Details on the church, convent, school, pipe organ and bell
- 1928 construction of a new eight-room brick school
- Vintage photograph of the historic building
- Numerous Fowler-area family names throughout
Details:
Location: Fowler, Michigan
County: Clinton County
Publication: The Republican-News Centennial Issue
Approx. size: 4¼\" x 4¾\"
Type: Original vintage newspaper clipping
Printing: Black-and-white newsprint
Condition: Vintage pre-owned condition with expected age-related toning and discoloration, along with minor edge and handling wear. Articles are portions of a larger newspaper and some content continues from other pages. Please review all photos carefully for exact condition.
A particularly nice piece for collectors of Fowler Michigan memorabilia, Clinton County history, Rexall pharmacy advertising/history, vintage drug stores, Michigan businesses, Catholic church history, genealogy and vintage newspaper ephemera.
Free shipping. Shipped carefully with a backer board for protection.
